Sometimes finding your purpose can feel like pursuing an elusive savior.

At least that’s how it felt for me when I began my search.

It felt like the missing piece to feeling totally alive and engaged in life…the key to happiness.

Purposeful people preached this like it was the easiest thing to discover. Which only made it that much more frustrating to not know.

The biggest thing I did that I think a lot of others don’t do is I began to engage with my curiosity.

I didn’t try to just think my way into knowing my purpose. Instead, I started to pursue things that interested me even if they were outside of my comfort zone.

I took my first extended trip out of the country…I went to Costa Rica for two months, where I lived with local families and took Spanish lessons.

I had no idea if that had something to do with my overall purpose, but it was an interest that I engaged in.

That led to future trips to Guatemala where I ultimately lived for a year volunteering as a teacher in an indigenous community, one of …

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